AHOY Comics Makes Landfall At Comic-Con With Panel for "The Toxic Avenger"

AHOY Comics Makes Landfall At Comic-Con With Panel for “The Toxic Avenger”

AHOY Comics, the independent Syracuse-based publisher, is heading to San Diego Comic-Con and will be bringing the toxicity. In honor of the upcoming The Toxic Avenger comic — Pulitzer finalist Matt Bors and artist Fred Harper’s take on the satirical superhero that spawned a movie franchise, cartoon, action figures, musical, and beyond — they will be holding a panel at the convention.

“There’s a sweet spot in pop culture that’s my favorite place to live, where high ideals merge with low trash and genius melds with drooling idiocy,” said AHOY Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer. “It’s in the anti-cynicism of old MAD magazines, the righteous settling-for-each-other that still drives The Simpsons, and the grossout fights for a just and unpolluted world in TOXIC AVENGER. For AHOY Comics to join forces with Toxie is an honor we don’t take lightly.”

Join them on Friday, July 26 for a panel from 5pm-6pm in Room 28DE, where you’ll get a first look at the upcoming The Toxic Avenger panel. Look back on the history of the franchise with panelists including author and director Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Bors (Toxic Avenger, Justice Warriors), Mark Russell (Second Coming), Tyrone Finch (Deadweights), Melissa F. Olson (Project Cryptid), Juan Castro (The Wrong Earth), and writer/AHOY Ops’ Stuart Moore (Captain Ginger).

Fans will also be treated to an ashcan comic giveaway, for their first look into the new series.

“Last year at Comicon I approached Lloyd Kaufman about an idea I had to revive The Toxic Avenger as a comic book,” said writer Matt Bors. “This year, we’re on a panel together to talk about the new series as well as all the abnormal mutations we’ve developed since our last meeting. We’ll be showing a preview of the story I’m making with artist Fred Harper, where teenager Melvin Junko, his bullies, and the whole town of Tromaville find themselves knee-deep in toxic waste. A mysterious corporation Biohazard Solutions linked to the spill has the town under strict quarantine and definitely has everyone’s best interests in mind, just trust them.”